Opinion: The French, Work? Mais Non!

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... I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... a rather illuminate said letter between the CEO of tire maker ... Titan International a US company and French Industry Minister ... Arnaud Maund or surface this week ... a textbook illustration of why ... while the French economy isn't so shall we say good ... Europe opinion editor Brian Carney is joining me now to explain ... Brian of what's the fight between tighten in the French but the beat ... well ... titan had offered to buy a factory in Dalby on the northern France from from good year which is trying to give it a bit in part because the labor relations there were so terrible and the saying goes back about four years but ... good year couldn't come to an agreement with the unions and ... Titan couldn't come to an agreement with the unions and some finely the CEO Dynan Mori Taylor ... aam who built up slightly from nothing he is said to the French and a lot ... of walking away from this in the French minister at the end of January ... from forty cents in the letter a basic listen please come back to the table we will ... we will ... release unions will get you a deal just know we need to save these jobs don't walk away and that prompted aam ... Mr. Taylor's letter from a couple weeks ago which the French government seems to be to a French paper earlier this week and ... I'm not sure yet Brian I'm not sure that those quiet show the friend did the French any good at all I think we've gotten here let's if they can put them up ... on the screen ... by Laurie Taylor surreal understates the one taking to start a discussion ... stupid do you think we are ... the French responded your comments which are as extremists as they are insulting ... display perfect ignorance of our country ... France ... Brian ... it will this ... it's a classic been with this come from an artist that they go very quickly from being you know you news that you throw these in the industrial negotiations ... as you know somebody once said about Germany right and so ... they they plead with these companies to stay in the country in them and that ... they don't cover them up for the companies say ... if full of bravado in a you know they said to know that our salon that all the ... steel company a couple months ago flying with all of friends we don't care and then suddenly there right now actually please come back and ... this is what they've done with with Mr. Taylor to the Lego c'mon I'm sure we can work it out ... Mr. Taylor newsletters this you know this does work for three hours sleep call for three hours in the month for one but they get paid for seven ... how can I make money like that at uni so that they do not grab said well that's just the front way ... I think ... I hear you spoke with its iTunes CEO ... of was named to serve in use by this episode is irritating race to sign any as a CEO is time is valuable ... I think he Seymour bemused by it than anything else he said look you know it ... I did make this letter public but I'm not one to mince words among the politically correct guy I know you know ... I don't worry about offending people I just go out and try to grow my business and you know these guys were making it possible for me he did say you know some of the union leaders ... yet they were sympathetic to the points he was making about how a little how productive the workers were and so on but they felt that they couldn't rock the boat mates to cave in to them the most militant of them and use the dough ... as for whether he would ever be consider that after such an inflammatory medicine never say never is a businessman right isn't it out if they made it with his while I suppose to come back ... well I think it's a little more productive for him to invest in France and to vacationing couple croissants have a cafe crown ... unfortunately that business is gone ... on ... to lodge your opinion editor Brian